Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on biodiversity on the public forest estate in each year since 2004-05.
Dan Rogerson
While all sustainable forest management on the public forest estate can benefit biodiversity, the following table shows the money spent by the Forestry Commission specifically for the benefit of biodiversity:
Financial year |
Spend on public forest estate (£) |
2004-05 |
2,719,442 |
2005-06 |
3,673,847 |
2006-07 |
4,785,114 |
2007-08 |
3,871,339 |
2008-09 |
4,456,223 |
2009-10 |
4,787,026 |
2010-11 |
5,196,665 |
2011-12 |
4,132,597 |
2012-13 |
3,730,628 |
2013-14 |
3,831,024 |